Headstone dedication ceremony for 9-year-old Dericka Lindsey

Pensacola, FL (WKRG) – A special headstone dedication ceremony Friday at the graveside of 9-year-old Dericka Lindsay. Authorities say Lindsay’s 325-pound cousin, Veronica Posey, sat on her as a form of punishment in October of 2017 and suffocated her. The mother of one of Lindsay’s classmates collected 14-hundred dollars so the child’s grave at Resthaven […]

The “First Lady Of Firsts” Set Over 400 World Records In Stunt Planes, Race Cars, And Speed Boats

Screenshot: Ed Clark (Youtube) The first time Betty Skelton piloted an aircraft solo, it was the year 1938 and she was a mere 12 years old. Yeah, sure, it was technically illegal, but she’d been hopping in open seats of aircrafts in her spare time for as long as she could remember. She was probably […]

Trustmark Corporation Announces First Quarter 2018 Financial Results

JACKSON, Miss.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trustmark Corporation (NASDAQ:TRMK) reported net income of $36.8 million in the first quarter of 2018, representing diluted earnings per share of $0.54. Diluted earnings per share in the first quarter of 2018 increased 12.5% when compared to core earnings in the previous quarter and 17.4% when compared to the same period in the […]

Another GOP candidate for Florida Attorney General. Another mysterious windfall in campaign cash.

Rep. Jay Fant, R- Jacksonville. [SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times] State Rep. Jay Fant, a Republican primary candidate for Florida Attorney General, won’t say where he got $750,000 he loaned his campaign last fall. Financial disclosures the Jacksonville Republican has been required to file through 2016 don’t appear to show where that much cash […]

Coldwell Banker in P.C., Pensacola earns Platinum Award

PANAMA CITY — The Cartus Broker Network, an international corporate relocation company, has named Northwest Florida’s Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate a Platinum Award winner. Platinum is the highest level of excellence award given to principal brokers. The award was given for “outstanding performance in Pensacola and Panama City during the past year,” a news […]

Jay-Z, Beyonce’s OTRII Tour Takes Top Billing on Monday’s Onsales

We hope fans of Beyonce and Jay-Z had a restful weekend, because they are in for a wild Monday morning as tickets for the couple’s OTRII Tour finally hit the market after various presale opportunities last week. Major stadiums including the Rose Bowl, Gillette Stadium, and Soldier Field are featured on the tour’s summer itinerary. […]

Pen Air FCU employees celebrate giving $200k to local charities

Pen Air employees celebrated the milestone though “I Wear Because I Care” week, which took place February 12 – 16 through various events and activities including a puppy kissing booth with SouthBARK Animal Rescue on Valentine’s Day, an entire week of jeans, an ice cream social, a “200 Reasons Why We Love Our Community” cards […]

Homeless to Housing initiative looks to house the less fortunate

Mattress (Source: WAFB) BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Imagine the only space you call home was cleared out, but in that same moment, you were told something bigger was in the works. East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s office has organized a team of providers who are working towards ending chronic homelessness in the […]